Hair Composer Galt MacDermot Dead at 89

Galt MacDermot, the Canadian-American composer greatest recognized for the music to Hair and Two Gentlemen of Verona, has died, Playbill experiences. A reason for dying has not been revealed. He was 89 years outdated.

Galt MacDermot’s first main musical achievements got here within the early 1960s when he received a pair of Grammy Awards for the composition “African Waltz.” Just a few years later, he moved to New York and wrote the music to Hair. Later, MacDermot composed Two Gentlemen of Verona, which received the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1972. Galt MacDermot was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2009, and, in 2010, he earned the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Galt MacDermot’s music turned an early staple of hip-hop sampling. Gang Starr, MF DOOM, Busta Rhymes, Run-D.M.C., J Dilla, and lots of others repurposed the composer’s work. “R.I.P. to Another Incredible Icon of Original Music,” DJ Premier tweeted. Questlove additionally paid tribute to MacDermot, writing, “King Galt. The Broadway community is mourning his passing this morning… but best believe he was the hip-hop community’s too.”

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